Srijit Mukherji

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Srijit Mukherji
Man, in red shirt
Mukherji on screening of Begum Jaan
Born (1977-09-23) September 23, 1977 (age 46)
NationalityIndian
Occupations
  • Director
  • Screenwriter
  • Actor
Years active2010–present
Spouse
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(m. 2019)​
Relatives
Arati Mukhopadhyay
(Aunt)

Srijit Mukherji (born 23 September 1977) is an Indian film director and screenwriter who predominantly works in Bengali cinema. His regular collaboration with veteran actor Prosenjit Chatterjee brought him into the limelight. His first feature film Autograph (2010), was a critical and commercial success, where he had written the script with Chatterjee in mind. His fifth film, Jaatishwar, won four national awards at India's 61st National Film Awards (2014). He won the National Film Award for Best Direction and Best Original Screenplay for his sixth film, Chotushkone, at India's 62nd National Film Awards.[1] His eighth film, Rajkahini had been remade into a Hindi film titled, Begum Jaan, starring Vidya Balan in 2017. His 2018 release Ek Je Chhilo Raja won the 'Best Bengali Film' Award at India's 66th National Film Awards. His 2019 film Gumnaami won him the Best Bengali Film and Best Adapted Screenplay Awards at the 67th National Film Awards.[2]

Early life

Mukherji completed his schooling from

Presidency College, Kolkata. He went on to complete his MA and MPhil in environmental economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University,[5] parallelly working as a social scientist in the Urban Transport and Pollution Sector with TERI in New Delhi. He quit his Ph.D. while in his first year, to join IRI Symphony, Bangalore as an econometrician and business analyst. After working in Bangalore and a brief stint in Milan, he quit his job to actively pursue theatre and films.[6]

Career

Even while working as an economist and statistician, he was actively involved with the English professional theatre circuit in

Saradindu Bandopadhyay's sleuth.[7] He was an assistant director, lyricist and actor in both Anjan Dutt's Madly Bangalee and Aparna Sen's Iti Mrinalini, in 2009.[8] He has also written lyrics for films like Cross Connection, Le Chakka and Josh, TV serials like Coffee and More and Dadagiri and non-film albums of Usha Uthup
.

2010–2012

In 2010 Mukherji directed his debut feature film, the award-winning blockbuster – Autograph (starring Prosenjit Chatterjee, Indraneil Sengupta and Nandana Sen) which was both critically acclaimed and commercially successful. The film won 41 awards and was an official selection at Abu Dhabi International Film Festival 2010, MIAAC Film Festival in New York 2010, Glasgow International Film Festival 2011 and London Indian Film Festival 2011.[9]

In the same year he also made his acting debut on Bengali television in the

Gaaner Opare, produced by Ideas Entertainment.[10]

His work in 2011 included a major role in Anindya Banerjee's Chaplin starring

Hemlock Society, a romantic satire set at the backdrop of a school which teaches aspirants how to successfully commit suicide. It featured Parambrata Chatterjee and Koel Mallick
and won 21 awards.

2013–2016

Mukherji's fourth film,

Shobdo. His fifth film Jaatishwar, featuring Prosenjit Chatterjee and Jisshu Sengupta
, is generally considered to be the best in his career and most critically acclaimed. It is the musical bridge between two centuries of Bengali culture and a biopic cum a musical cum a reincarnation drama. At the 61st National Awards 2014, the highest film honour in India, it won 4 national awards for Music Direction, Playback Singing, Costume and Make up. This was the highest tally for a film in India this year, and the second highest ever for a Bengali film. It also swept the Mirchi Music Awards in 2015 winning 7 awards. The following year at the 62nd National Awards 2015, Chotushkone won him the Best Director and Best Original Screenplay awards, along with winning the Best Cinematography.

He also received the Young Achiever Award from Rotary International, the prestigious Shera Bangali Award from ABP Anando and the Shoilojanando Mukhopadhyay Memorial Award in 2012 for his contribution in the field of film direction. In 2013 he received the Uttam Kumar Memorial Award from the Government of West Bengal becoming the youngest director to achieve this. He has also received the oldest film award in India, the BFJA award, for remarkable contribution to Bengali Cinema in the last few years.[11]

2017–2020

Mukherji has made his directorial debut in

Bollywood with the film Begum Jaan which is a remake of his earlier Bengali film Rajkahini. Vidya Balan plays the lead role of a brothel's madam during the partition of India in 1947.[12][13]
He had two releases in 2018, Uma and Ek Je Chhilo Raja. Both featured Jisshu Sengupta and were box office superhits. The former went to 10 film festivals around the world and won 6 awards while the latter won 23 awards and went to 7 film festivals around the world including Palm Springs International Film Festival. In 2018, it was reported that Mukherji will be directing a Junglee Pictures produced yet to be titled web-series in Hindi, based on the novel of noted novelist and blogger Arnab Ray, The Mahabharata Murders. This will be his first foray into web-series direction.[14] In 2019, he has three releases
Shahjahan Regency, Vinci Da and Gumnaami, the last two being both critical and commercial successes along with being a festival favourite. Gumnaami
won the Best Bengali Feature Film and Best Adapted Screenplay Awards at the 67th National Film Awards.

He has also completed another web-series, Feluda Pherot, which is based on two Feluda stories written by Satyajit Ray, Chhinomostar Obhishaap and Darjeeling Jomjomat.[clarification needed][15]

2021-present

After no films in 2020 due to

black and white romance drama film with debutant actors, the film earned critical praise and received several awards and nominations at the Filmfare Awards Bangla[16] and WBFJA Awards
.

His next projects that year were two Bollywood films: Sherdil: The Pilibhit Saga and Shabaash Mithu. The latter was the biography of one of the most influential Indian female cricketer Mithali Raj.[17]

In 2023, he released

crime thriller as the 4th installment Srijit Mukherji's Cop Universe. It served as the prequel crossover of his previous films Baishe Srabon and Vinci Da. It became a huge box office success emerged as one of the highest grossing Bengali films of 2023.[18] The film received mulltiple nomination and awards at the Filmfare Awards Bangla and WBFJA Awards.[19]

His first release in 2024 was the

fantasy romantic comedy film Oti Uttam. For the first time ever in Indian Cinema, veteran actor Uttam Kumar appeared in the movie through Visual effects by using his scenes from his 56 existing old movies.[20]

Filmography

As director

Denotes films or web series that have not yet been released
Year Film Director Writer Language
2010 Autograph Yes Yes Bengali
2011 Baishe Srabon Yes Yes Bengali
2012 Hemlock Society Yes Yes Bengali
2013 Mishawr Rawhoshyo Yes No Bengali
2014 Jaatishwar Yes Yes Bengali
Chotushkone Yes Yes Bengali
2015 Nirbaak Yes Yes Bengali
Rajkahini Yes Yes Bengali
2016 Zulfiqar Yes Yes Bengali
2017 Begum Jaan Yes Yes Hindi
Yeti Obhijaan Yes No Bengali
2018 Uma Yes Yes Bengali
Ek Je Chhilo Raja Yes Yes Bengali
2019
Shahjahan Regency
 Yes Yes Bengali
Vinci Da Yes Yes Bengali
Gumnaami Yes Yes Bengali
2020 Dwitiyo Purush Yes Yes Bengali
2022 Kakababur Protyaborton Yes No Bengali
X=Prem Yes Yes Bengali
Sherdil: The Pilibhit Saga Yes Yes Hindi
Shabaash Mithu[21] Yes No Hindi
2023 Dawshom Awbotaar Yes Yes Bengali
2024 Oti Uttam Yes Yes Bengali
Padatik Yes Yes Bengali
Tekka Yes No Bengali

Web series

Year Film Director Writer OTT Notes
2012 East India Pharmaceuticals Works Limited(Documentary) Yes No Goutam Ghosh
2020
Feluda Pherot
 (Chhinnamastar Abhishap)		 Yes No Addatimes
2021
Ray
 (Season 1)		 Yes No Netflix Anthology, Segment- Behrupiya,Forget me not
Rabindranath Ekhane Kokhono Khete Asenni
 Yes No Hoichoi Based on the Bengali book of the same name
2022 Feludar Goyendagiri (Season 1) Yes No Hoichoi Released
2023 Jaanbaaz Hindustan Ke Yes No ZEE5 Released
Durgo Rawhoshyo Yes No Hoichoi Released
Feluda Pherot (Jawto Kando Kathmandute) Yes No Addatimes Not Released
2024 Feludar Goyendagiri (Season 2) Yes No Hoichoi Currently on floors
Shekhar Home Yes No TBA Post-production
Don-Boithok Yes Yes TBA Pre-production

As lyricist and actor

Year Film Lyricist Actor
2009 Cross Connection Yes No
Madly Bangalee Yes Yes
2010 Le Chakka Yes No
Josh Yes No
Gaaner Oparey No Yes
2011 Iti Mrinalini Yes Yes
Flop-e No Yes
Ghente Ghaw Yes No
Chaplin No Yes
2012 Dutta Vs Dutta No Yes
Bapi Bari Jaa No Yes
Shabdo No Yes
2013 Maach Mishti & More Yes No
2018 Ahare Mon Yes No
Kabir No Yes
2019 Shantilal O Projapoti Rohoshyo No Yes
2023 Manobjomin No Yes
Dilkhush No Yes

Also as an Actor(Cameo Roles) in all the films he directed

Personal life

Mukherji married Rafiath Rashid Mithila on 6 December 2019.[22][23]

References

  1. ^ "62nd National Film Awards: Complete list of winners". News18. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  2. ^ "66th National Film Awards: Full winners list". India Today. Ist. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Srijit Mukherji goes back to school with Zulfiqar". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Did you know Srijit and Sujoy were classmates! – Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  5. ^ a b Sen, Jaideep. "Retirement Holmes". Time Out Bengaluru. Archived from the original on 6 October 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  6. ^ Das, Mohua (21 January 2009). "Think like a sleuth". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  7. ^ Das, Mohua (15 May 2009). "Playpreview". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 3 February 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  8. ^ Chakrabarty, Pooja. "Autograph is not a remake of Nayak". ILK. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  9. ^ "Interview – SRIJIT MUKHERJEE". Washington Bangla Radio. 22 July 2010. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  10. ^ Sen, Zinia (28 October 2010). "Acting is my first love: Srijit". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 26 October 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  11. ^ "Hemlock is far from a morbid film: Srijit Mukherji". The Times of India. 24 March 2012. p. 3. Archived from the original on 26 October 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
  12. ^ "Vidya Balan on the write track with Kamala Das". Mumbai Mirror. 11 February 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  13. ^ "Srijit Mukherji makes his acting debut with 'Begum Jaan' – Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  14. ^ "Raazi co-producer Junglee Pictures to adapt The Mahabharata Murders for digital debut; Srijit Mukherji will helm web series". Firstpost. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  15. ^ "Director Srijit Mukherji to launch 'Feluda Pherot' on OTT platform this Christmas". Deccan Herald. 22 November 2020.
  16. ^ "Winners of the Joy Filmfare Awards Bangla 2022".
  17. ^ "Taapsee Pannu starring Shabaash Mithu releases on the big screen on July 15, 2022".
  18. ^ "Dawshom Awbotaar Box Office: পুজোয় ৪টি ছবি, সকলকে পিছনে ফেলে প্রথম স্থানে 'দশম অবতার', ঘরে এল কত টাকা?".
  19. ^ "Winners of the Joy Filmfare Awards Bangla 2024".
  20. ^ "'Oti Uttam' to star Mahanayak".
  21. ^ "Just in! Director Srijit Mukherji has replaced Rahul Dholakia as the director of Taapsee Pannu-starrer 'Shabaash Mithu'". The Times of India. 22 June 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  22. ^ Staff Correspondent. "Mithila marries Srijit finally". Prothom Alo. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  23. ^ "Filmmaker Srijit Mukherji marries Bangladeshi actress Mithila". The New Indian Express. 7 December 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2021.

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